Sustainable Crop Production

This new pest management regime enables certified growers to market under the nation's first eco-brand for potatoes. Learn how project partners are developing a whole-farm standard that balances the management of resources on the farm.

After two decades of research on vegetable crops, Midwest researchers hope to develop systems approaches that better integrate farmers into the research process. Explore the relevant research questions for the next two decades for Midwestern vegetable production.

Sixteen experienced Northwest organic farmers worked to improve sustainability on their farms and run tests using potatoes as a model crop. In their farmer-to-farmer exchange program, they are helping partners at Oregon State University gather problems and solutions.

This session was part of the national SARE conference A Midwest Homecoming, held August 15-17, 2006 in Oconomowoc, Wisc.

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